24th November, 2025.
Yes: you’re right.
Being up this early in the morning is ridiculous!
Many things are.
Man’s inhumanity to man.
Man’s inhumanity to woman.
The way shopping trolley’s move.
Plenty of things are thoroughly ridiculous!
But … ?
I have a hospital appointment: so that the CPAP machine, the Continuous Positive Air Pressure machine, I have can be checked.
It’s going in for an MOT, in other words.
The only downside to getting it checked … ?
Is the fact it has to be done at Basildon Hospital, between 9·45 and 12·15.
Which means a seventy minute bus trip, and getting up early to do so.
At times like this?
I wish I was having a colonoscopy.
At least the hospital organises an ambulance for you!
Heigh … ho!
Let’s move on.
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum*, Olga† and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with Olga and Debbi scoring five out of five, and Mum on four.
Let’s see how everyone does with today’s un-themed questions, shall we?
Here they are, along with the How To, License and video.
Q1) 24th November is World Conjoined Twins Day. According to whom: the United Nations, Arab League or European Union?Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q2) Freddie Mercury died on 24th November, 1991. A day after he’d announced he was suffering with what: leukaemia, HIV/AIDS or liver cancer?
Q3) Georges Clemenceau died on 24th November, 1929. He’d been Prime Minister of which European country?
Q4) 24th November is the feast day of Saint Chrysogonus (cry SOG on us): patron saint of the city of Zadar. Zadar is the oldest continuously inhabited city, where: Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia or Hungary?
Q5) Finally … ? That Was the Week That Was was first broadcast: on 24th November, 1962. The show was hosted by whom: David Frost, Michael Parkinson or Terry Jones?
Q1) The Soviet Union made its last attempt to launch the N1 rocket on 23rd November. 23rd November of which year: 1971, 1972 or 1973?Here’s a thought …
A1) 1972.
Q2) Dr Who first aired on 23rd November, 1963. Who was the most recent actor to play the Doctor: Jodie Whittaker, David Tennent or Ncuti Gatwa?
A2) Ncuti Gatwa. (Whilst Ncuti seemed to regenerate into a version played by Billie Piper, Piper is not credited as the Doctor.)
Q3) IBM released the IBM Simon on 23rd November, 1994. It’s generally considered to be the world’s first what: tablet, smartphone or laptop … ?
A3) Smartphone.
Q4) The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime was signed on 23rd November, 2001. Where is Budapest: Austria, Hungary or Romania?
A4) Hungary.
Q5) Finally … ? Freddie Mercury announced he was HIV positive on 23rd November, 1991. He’d been the lead singer of which English rock band?
A5) Queen.
“Mr. Wilson bores me with his Fourteen Points; why, God Almighty has only Ten!”And a song …
George Clemenceau, 28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929.
The next ten question set is on 5th December: it’s about The Great Smog!
Your comments will be published, and today’s questions answered, in tomorrow’s Teaser.
The author avoids AI, when writing these questions.
Answers are as accurate as possible: at the time of writing.
Decisions about scores are final.
Thank you for coming: have a good day.
* Hello, Mum! (It was 1972, Mum, not 1979!)
† Oh, you’re right about ‘Out of the Ordinary’, Olga! And frustrating possibly isn’t the word. What makes it worse? I’ve bought two pricey computers over the past few years: but the bank’s warning system gets set off by a pizza!
My sympathies on the fingerprints front, as well! It’s … well, it’s a fiddle old thing!
‡ It can do superhero lawyers too, Debbi … !
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